Signal and stand



(No Model.)

G. T. BROWN. SIGNAL AND STAND.

Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

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GEORGE T. BROWN, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

SIGNAL AND STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,420, datedSeptember 27, 1892.

Application filed September 25, 1891. Serial No. 406,871. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. BROWN, residing at Sedalia, in the countyof Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Signals and Stands, of which the following is aspecication.

My invention is in the nature ot' an irnproved signal-liag and stand forcarrying the signal-flags on the front part of a locomotive or othersimilar situation; and it consists in a cylindrical column containingseveral tubular chambers and also an outside socket at its base, incombination with ags of different colors rolled upon their staffs andslid into said tubular chambers and a removable cappiece for thechamber, also provided with an outside socket for holding the top of theliag which is being displayed while housing and protecting the others,as will be hereinafter fully described.

Figure I is a side elevation of the signalstand with one of the flagsdisplayed. Fig. II is a longitudinal section of the stand, and Fig. IIIa transverse section through line scm of Fig. I.

In the drawings, A represents the cylindrical column, which has aflanged base a, provided with screwholes, by which it is securelyfastened to the pilot or front part of the engine. This column is formedwith three (more or less) tubular chambers l), each adapted to receive aflag of a special color, which flag is rolled around its staff and isslipped endwise into one of said tubular chambers.

B is the cap or cover for the upper end of the column. This fits downover the upper end of the column and has upon its side a bayonetslot b,which is adapted to be engaged by a stud or screw b2 on the upperportion of the column to lock the cap securely to its place.

Upon the cap B there is formed orattached an offsetting socket b3, whichwhen the cap is locked in place comes in line with a socket b4, formedin the base a of the column. These sockets receive the opposite ends ofthe sta or rod of the Hag while the latter is being displayed. Thisstaff is simply a metal tube c with a longitudinal slit in its side, andthe flag C is detachably secured thereto by hav- 'lng a corded hem c2 onone side, which is slipped endwise into the tubular staff with the agportion projecting through the slit, as shown in Fig. III.

When no signals are to be displayed, all the ags are furled about theirstas and are securely housed in the tubular chambers of the column,being protected from the weather by the cap. Vhenever a signal is to bedisplayed, the flag of the desired color is withdrawn and its staffinserted in the two sockets b3 b, with the flag exposed, the cap beinglocked down to place by its bayonet-slot and GEO. T. BROWN.

lVitnesses:

E. W. STEVENS, S. F. RossE.

